Minor Issues

Minor Issues

Hosted by Mark Thornton · Mark Thornton

4.7from 35 ratings

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53Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
198
Episodes
45
Transcribed
35
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2023
First episode
33M
YouTube views

About Minor Issues

Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.

Publisher
Mark Thornton
Category
business
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
6 Feb 2023
Latest episode
10 Oct 2026
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Latest episodes

45 of 198 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Violent Populism

  2. 3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Market Coiling

  3. 26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Debt, War, and the Tangled Web

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Violent Populism

Published 10 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And this is kind of just because there's a lot of excess, a lot of liquidity at those times. So based on the success we're seeing with AI and all the breakthroughs happening, in your view, is this a sign that we are currently kind of at the peak for this bubble? Yes, it is. The Austrian business cycle theory, which Ludwig von Mises, the namesake of the Institute, introduced to the world about a century ago, a theory of the business cycle that explains the business cycle. And one aspect of that is that during the boom in the economy, when the government is somehow keeping rates below market rates for a long period of time, that entrepreneurs will engage in very speculative behavior, and they'll invest a lot of money in these long-run projects that have a life expectancy of 25, 50, or a century long. […]

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YouTube views
32,711,636
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
18 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
85

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